Without a shadow of doubt, Ukraine which is in the fight of its life against a massive superpower will ultimately win the war for its right to exist. It’s not a question of firepower, but rather that of wills. Just as how America eventually lost the war to small poor nations like Vietnam and eventually left packing their bags in Afghanistan, Russia does not have as much will-power to fight as the Ukrainians.
Even if we see Russia eventually apparently taking the entire country captive, it will just be a matter of time till they throw their hands in despair with the nagging insurgency and guerrilla tactics of the native Ukrainians – who have the rest of the world on their side. Russian dreams of border expansion and adventurism are just the brainchild of one mad person and will die out as soon that person exits the stage, pretty much like the demise of Nazism with Hitler’s defeat and death. Besides Putin’s entire campaign is borderline lunacy: Why would Russia with with a landmass stretching from Europe to Asia and in possession of all the resources that go with it risk its international standing and economic stability just to gain a negligible piece of land as Ukraine? Well as the old joke goes: Why do dogs lick their balls? Because they can!!!
How this David vs. Goliath spectacle will end is already quite predictable. Too many people across the globe have the collective will to see who should win the game. Japan in the 1940s did have that same vision to impose its Imperial reign across the greater Asian sphere only to find itself getting nuked to submission. Aggressors (deluded or outright evil) ultimately lose in the end.
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Putin has already lost the war even among the hearts of his very own people as Russians exit their country in throngs as if jumping off a sinking ship. Russian soldiers likely have very low morale seeing their comrades die in a fight they don’t believe in. Being seen by the entire world as aggressors when everyone seeks peace even through Olympic games, it is very difficult to wear the Russian flag these days.
There are hardly any winners in wars. Both sides end up losing lives, opportunities and fortunes. As much as we can sympathize with suffering Ukrainians, we should also seek to comfort the common Russian, many of whom are stranded in Thai beach resorts without working credit cards and direct flights back to their country.
Nevertheless the world needs a Putin these days. Aren’t news networks fed up with 2 years of counting and graphing Covid cases on a daily basis? Another story needs to unfold, and can there be any thrilling movies without a villain? What is Star Wars without Darth Vader, or the Hunger Games without President Snow? Without epic battles there will be no heroes, and having no heroes means low scores in Rotten Tomatoes.
Even America welcomes wars, as it fuels its budget for advanced technology and military spending, not to mention even more material for blockbuster-making Hollywood. Just like stock market players, we need those downward graphs every once in a while, or else – where else can you apply the rule of buying low and selling high?
Now let’s teleport 8000 kilometers from the heat of Ukrainian urban battle to the brimming political landscape of the Philippines sizzling in the leadup to the May 9 presidential elections. What’s the analogy between Ukraine’s fight for survival and Philippine elections these days? Just as the surveys are all showing, this year’s elections are already so predictable, if not set in stone. It’s just a matter of time till the sure-as-sunrise winner is formally announced. And for those who doubt surveys, inasmuch as we can be sure these reports are not published by the Illuminati or time-travelers, we all know from past elections that that their sample-based “predictions” are pretty accurate.
Let’s face it: the Bongbong-Sara team will not just win, they will win big. It’s like watching a movie a second time around or watching a film-version of a novel you just read. Still we get so giddy and excited on the build-up to the climax, when we knew all along who eventually wins in the end. So if we all know Bongbong Marcos will win anyway, why vote for underdogs at this stage? Why waste your vote on a sure loser, even if you did believe in what he/she stood for? Three things set the stage for a Marcos comeback to Malacanang:
- PNoy’s mega-failures during his term: esp. SAF44
- Filipinos’ embrace of strongman style of leadership in Duterte and the mega-infra projects that go with it
- Leni Lugaw’s success in making Yellowtardism (no matter the color on the outside) the political equivalent to leprosy
Now the three things that BBM has done right to secure his win:
- Appear as the victim of electoral fraud: Filipinos always love to side with the victim
- Partner with the Sara Duterte, whose father still enjoys favorable approval ratings
- A platform for unity, jobs, energy security, federalism, and greatness
To highlight that last point, what makes BBM stand out among the rest of the presidential wannabees is the word greatness and his rallying battle cry to make the Philippines great again. Whereas other candidates offer comfort, survival, and freebees, BBM symbolizes the highest aspirations of Filipinos (many of whom have left the country in shame over its sluggish development and lack of technological, military and industrial strength) – that one day we would not be looked down as losers anymore among the league of nations.
While people across the world wave Ukrainian flags in support of a people fighting to stay alive, the vast majority of Filipinos will fly their “Italian flags” in a cry for that hope of unity and greatness. And as Ukrainians launch those precision anti-tank rockets on the invading forces, let’s hope the Bongbong ballistic missile does fire up and fly high and take this entire nation up with him…
March 12: Philippines successfully launched Bong Bong II, its first liquid-propellant rocket. Rocket was successfully retrieved from South China Sea.
Хай Живе Вільна Україна! (Khay Zhyve Vilʹna Ukrayina! Long Live Free Ukraine!)
At Mabuhay and Pilipinas!
Zealous revolutionary advocate of bringing back common sense for the common good in a land of dysfunctional and delusional zombies.
Ukraine will win as surely as Bongbong Marcos will be our next president
Source: Filipino News Bulletin
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